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fort lee mayor mark sokolich joins me tonight. >> mr. mayor, governor christie characterized your meeting as productive. would you? >> i would use them as productive. i felt there was a heart-felt apology which we accepted. and we took governor christie at his word. i mean, i'm not so sure we have much more of a choice. but we did. it was a sincere exchange. >> as far as you're concerned, is this over? or still is this just one chapter that's done? >> there's mounds of documents that still need to be gotten through. there's a lot of folks, there's a large ensemble that's apparently involved in this. there are names that were redacted from the test in the e-mails. so i think any reasonable person would reach the conclusion that there's more to come or more stuff to find out about. >> when you read that e-mail from bridget kelly to the port authority saying we need to have a traffic problem for fort lee and the response was got it. when i read that it sounded as if the person on the other end of that knew instantly what that meant. and i'm
fort lee mayor mark sokolich joins me tonight. >> mr. mayor, governor christie characterized your meeting as productive. would you? >> i would use them as productive. i felt there was a heart-felt apology which we accepted. and we took governor christie at his word. i mean, i'm not so sure we have much more of a choice. but we did. it was a sincere exchange. >> as far as you're concerned, is this over? or still is this just one chapter that's done? >> there's mounds of...
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and i know a lot of people have been interested in that, the mayor of fort lee, telling people he was being blamed for the problem with the bridge. and he wrote that the port authority police were blaming him. >> so it does appear to be a political vendetta against the mayor of fort lee, democrat would endorsed christie's owe upon intercept last year's gubernatorial election. you've actually found an interesting document related to the mayor talking about who was being blamed for the traffic nightmare. >> reporter: yeah. well, this was actually a letter that was written by the mayor. and he wrote it to the top port authority official bill baroni i had talked about earlier who's already resigned. and the mayor was sort of drawing this conclusion on his own that this was being done to make him look bad. he said there were punitive overtones associated with it. so the mayor obviously had some real concerns about that, anderson. >> all right, joe, wading through a lot of documents today. thanks very much. >>> i want to continue the discussion right now. joining us now to talk about the gr
and i know a lot of people have been interested in that, the mayor of fort lee, telling people he was being blamed for the problem with the bridge. and he wrote that the port authority police were blaming him. >> so it does appear to be a political vendetta against the mayor of fort lee, democrat would endorsed christie's owe upon intercept last year's gubernatorial election. you've actually found an interesting document related to the mayor talking about who was being blamed for the...
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fort lee's mayor for one isn't satisfied. he spoke with wolf blitzer earlier this evening. >> wouldn't you expect him to start making some phone calls to at least apologize, even if he had nothing to do with it but his senior aides did? >> wolf, don't call me. do me a favor, don't call me but call the families who were waiting three, four times longer for emergency service agencies, when their loved ones were having heart palpitations or when their loved ones had extreme chest pains, were waiting for ambulance to arrive. apologize to thousands of families whose kids were late for the first day of school and the three or four days that ensued thereafter. call our police department and call our administrators in the school system that had to deal with this. call the folks that had to deal with traffic armageddon here that week. don't call me. you don't have to call me. i give you a pass. don't call me. but call those families, call those kids and call everybody else. because fort lee didn't deserve it. >> lots to talk about ton
fort lee's mayor for one isn't satisfied. he spoke with wolf blitzer earlier this evening. >> wouldn't you expect him to start making some phone calls to at least apologize, even if he had nothing to do with it but his senior aides did? >> wolf, don't call me. do me a favor, don't call me but call the families who were waiting three, four times longer for emergency service agencies, when their loved ones were having heart palpitations or when their loved ones had extreme chest...
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lee's mayor, a democrat, refused to join other statewide democrats who were endorsing the governor. the implication that governor christi is not the bipartisan man his re-election victory suggested and that he himself claimed to be. >> as your governor, it has never mattered to me where someone was from, whether they voted for me or not, what the color of their skin was or their political party. for me, being governor has always been about getting the job done first. >> that was governor christi on election night, promising to be governor of all of the state of new jersey, everyone, whether they voted for him or not. here he is slamming washington for not being more like himself. >> we watch a congress at war with itself because they're unwilling to leave campaign-style politics at the capitol's door. >> and all along, critics have accused the governor of doing just that, preaching tolerance but practicing behind-the-scenes, bare-knuckle politics. well, today, e-mails and text messages obtained by cnn implicate some of his top staffers and appointees on precisely those grounds. abou
lee's mayor, a democrat, refused to join other statewide democrats who were endorsing the governor. the implication that governor christi is not the bipartisan man his re-election victory suggested and that he himself claimed to be. >> as your governor, it has never mattered to me where someone was from, whether they voted for me or not, what the color of their skin was or their political party. for me, being governor has always been about getting the job done first. >> that was...
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ian lee joins us now live in jerusalem. and ian, certainly john kerry has been coming to this region several times over the past few months. he really wants something to break through. >> reporter: well, that's right, natalie. if you just look at yesterday, he met with the prime minister benjamin netanyahu for five hours in total. and before the meeting, the prime minister gave a grim outlook at talks especially with his negotiating partner, palestinian president mahmoud abbas. take a listen to this. >> a few days ago in ramallah, president abbas embraced terrorist terrorists to glorify the murders of innocent women and men as heroes is an outrage. how can president abbas say -- how can he say that he stands against terrorism when he embraces the perpetrators of terrorism and glorifies them as heroes? >> as you can see, natalie, john kerry has his work cut out for him. he has acknowledged that both sides will need to make tough decisions. and some of those tough decisions are security. israel wanted to make sure when and if
ian lee joins us now live in jerusalem. and ian, certainly john kerry has been coming to this region several times over the past few months. he really wants something to break through. >> reporter: well, that's right, natalie. if you just look at yesterday, he met with the prime minister benjamin netanyahu for five hours in total. and before the meeting, the prime minister gave a grim outlook at talks especially with his negotiating partner, palestinian president mahmoud abbas. take a...
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. >> we're hearing from the mayor of fort lee. they asked if he believed what the governor told him. >> i would use them as productive. i thought there was a heartfelt apology, which we accepted and we took governor christie at his word. i'm not sure we have much more of a choice, but we did. it was a sincere exchange. >> farce you're concerned, is this over? or is this just one chapter? >>. there's mounds of documents that still need to be gone through. there's a lot of o folks. there's a large ensemble that's apparently involved in this. there are names that were e dedakted from the texts and e-mails. any reasonable person would reach the conclusion that there's more to come or more stuff to find out about. at the end of our conversation with the governor, i said governor, am i now on your radar and he chuckled. his response was that fort lee gets i own radar screen. we're hopeful that screen is going to let us know if there's retribution coming our way. we hope it it doesn't come. >> there's also a lot of talk about the victtim
. >> we're hearing from the mayor of fort lee. they asked if he believed what the governor told him. >> i would use them as productive. i thought there was a heartfelt apology, which we accepted and we took governor christie at his word. i'm not sure we have much more of a choice, but we did. it was a sincere exchange. >> farce you're concerned, is this over? or is this just one chapter? >>. there's mounds of documents that still need to be gone through. there's a lot of...
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aubrey lee price wrote a letter to business associates saying he planed to kill himself, but he's very much alive and according to the fbi, he's now in custody. david maddingly reports. >> reporter: the fbi never believed georgia banker aubrey lee price really went through with a plan to kill himself but for a year and a half investigators had no body and clue where he could be. the elaborate hoax fell apart new years eve when police stopped the long and dark haired bearded price for driving with windows too darkly tented. would you recognize this guy? >> every time i see that shot, it's -- it doesn't get old how shocking it is. >> reporter: wendy cross is among more than 100 people allegedly defrauded by price in a 40 million dollar investment scheme. a federal complaint says price confessed in a 22-page letter that he falsified statements with false returns to conceal more than $20 million in investor losses. >> it was my life savings, so, yes, it was devastating. >> reporter: cross lost $300,000. it put her foot truck business in jeopardy and left her emotionally and financially rui
aubrey lee price wrote a letter to business associates saying he planed to kill himself, but he's very much alive and according to the fbi, he's now in custody. david maddingly reports. >> reporter: the fbi never believed georgia banker aubrey lee price really went through with a plan to kill himself but for a year and a half investigators had no body and clue where he could be. the elaborate hoax fell apart new years eve when police stopped the long and dark haired bearded price for...
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the closing of access lanes to the bridge in september allegedly because the democratic mayor of fort lee, new jersey refused to endorse christie for re-election. the lane closings caused massive traffic tieups for four days. kelly has apparently gone into hiding. but investigators no doubt want to know everything she knows, clearly, whether or not chris christie knows about the scheme. so far polls indicate he's surviving the scandal right well. a nbc news marist poll shows that 68% of those surveyed nation-wide say their opinion of christie has not changed. 46% saying he's mostly telling the truth compared to 32% who say he's not. a quinnipiac university poll in new jersey voters show that 40% think christie is a bully, 54% think he's a leader. those approval rating in the state has dropped. raw politics from chief national correspondent john king. >> so john, looking at these polls seems like people are giving governor christie the benefit of the doubt in the bridge controversy. >> reporter: he just won a landslide re-election less than two months ago. remember that. so the people of n
the closing of access lanes to the bridge in september allegedly because the democratic mayor of fort lee, new jersey refused to endorse christie for re-election. the lane closings caused massive traffic tieups for four days. kelly has apparently gone into hiding. but investigators no doubt want to know everything she knows, clearly, whether or not chris christie knows about the scheme. so far polls indicate he's surviving the scandal right well. a nbc news marist poll shows that 68% of those...
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congressman sheila jackson lee from the houston area of texas met with the wright family yesterday for several hours. she had seen our three-part investigation here on "ac 360" into the death and experience of alfred wright. we spoke to her chief of staff today. he says they are drafting a letter as we speak. that letter's going to go to the justice department, attorney general eric holder, as well as the u.s. attorney in beaumont, texas. we have no specifics just yet on the kind of investigation or assistance they're going to ask from the justice department, but it would include things, for example, like civil rights allegations, hate crimes, corruption, corruption within law enforcement. and the texas rangers have been asking the fbi for assistance. right now, though, there's no new information on the status of the investigation either from the rangers or from the fbi. this investigation by all accounts seems to be moving very, very slowly. >> i should point out, the investigation was already handed over by the local sheriff to the texas rangers, who asked for fbi assistance, correct
congressman sheila jackson lee from the houston area of texas met with the wright family yesterday for several hours. she had seen our three-part investigation here on "ac 360" into the death and experience of alfred wright. we spoke to her chief of staff today. he says they are drafting a letter as we speak. that letter's going to go to the justice department, attorney general eric holder, as well as the u.s. attorney in beaumont, texas. we have no specifics just yet on the kind of...
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lee, new jersey, refused to endorse christie for re-election. now, the lane closings caused massive traffic tie-ups for four days. kelly has apparently gone into hiding, but investigators, no doubt, want to know everything she knows, including whether or not christie was aware of the scheme. he denies any knowledge, and so far, polls indicate he's surviving the scandal quite well. an nbc news/marist poll shows that 68% of those surveyed nationwide say their opinion of christie has not changed. 46% saying he's mostly telling the truth compared to 32% who say he's not. and a quinnipiac poll of new jersey voters say 40% think christie's a bully, 54% think he's a leader, though his approval rating in the state has fallen. more from john king. john, looking at the polls, seems like people are giving christie the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the bridge controversy. >> he just won a landslide re-election two months ago, remember that. so, the people of new jersey like him, most of them trust him, even people who don't vote for chris christie b
lee, new jersey, refused to endorse christie for re-election. now, the lane closings caused massive traffic tie-ups for four days. kelly has apparently gone into hiding, but investigators, no doubt, want to know everything she knows, including whether or not christie was aware of the scheme. he denies any knowledge, and so far, polls indicate he's surviving the scandal quite well. an nbc news/marist poll shows that 68% of those surveyed nationwide say their opinion of christie has not changed....
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party and conservative challengers who take on senate incumbents or establishment candidates, mike lee is a senator from utah now, he beat bob bennett and closed very late in the race. senator richard lugar was defeated by a tea party challenger in indiana. that race changed very much late. rand paul ran in kentucky against an established candidate. that race closed very late. so, liz cheney was behind in the polls, we could see, but i wouldn't say she didn't have a chance, because often, the race was about her early on, which is unusual, because of her celebrity, the race was about liz cheney. come primary day, had she stayed in, it would have been more and more about the incumbent, mike enzi. >> allegations of her being a carpetbagger, she certainly had a lot of money behind her, but she wasn't sort of a -- she's kind of a neo con in terms of her foreign policy, not the traditional tea party candidate. >> exactly right. look, she was someone who's coming in and saying that mike enzi was too willing to go along to get along, too open to having conversations with the democratic preside
party and conservative challengers who take on senate incumbents or establishment candidates, mike lee is a senator from utah now, he beat bob bennett and closed very late in the race. senator richard lugar was defeated by a tea party challenger in indiana. that race changed very much late. rand paul ran in kentucky against an established candidate. that race closed very late. so, liz cheney was behind in the polls, we could see, but i wouldn't say she didn't have a chance, because often, the...
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in that by reggie miller who of course gave the famous choke sign at madison square garden to spike lee. i worked with reggie on a tnt basketball broadcast earlier this week. he told me richard sherman has shot up to his number one nfl player. >> he shot up for a lot of people, too. some look at him and say he may be the most interesting man in the world. you sat down with him. what struck you most? >> it's so fascinating to follow the wave of reaction to richard sherman after this incident and after that interview he gave on the field. first there was a huge backlash against him. then there seemed to be a backlash against the backlash. a lot of people strongly coming out and saying they supported him from lebron james to hank aron. when i talked to richard -- he's so smart. graduated from stanford. this guy is not only analyzing what's happened to him but to society at large. he said that he was most surprised by some of the tweets and reactions he got. yes, he got some things that had the n word or words like monkey, really offensive language. but it was the racially coded language th
in that by reggie miller who of course gave the famous choke sign at madison square garden to spike lee. i worked with reggie on a tnt basketball broadcast earlier this week. he told me richard sherman has shot up to his number one nfl player. >> he shot up for a lot of people, too. some look at him and say he may be the most interesting man in the world. you sat down with him. what struck you most? >> it's so fascinating to follow the wave of reaction to richard sherman after this...
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exactly was behind the lane closings that created a four-day traffic jam on the new jersey town of fort lee last september. who was responsible and what if anything did governor chris christie know about before or after the fact? there's that and late word casting more doubt on governor christie's claim that he and a key figure in the scandal, david wildstein were not very good friend. a former port authority employee with extensive knowledge of the age ensy's hiring practices telling cnn reporter that agency officials were told in 2010 to find a place for wildstein because quote he was a good friend of governor. with more now we're joined by dana bash. dana, what do you know? >> reporter: we knew the first subpoenas would go to the key players in this scandal. that's exactly what happened. cnn has confirmed that bridge ed ann kelly and bill steppian,two aides that christie fired last week are on that subpoena list. so is bill barrone who was christie's man at the port authority until he resign last month because of this and kevin o'doud, another christie confidante who he had tapped to be
exactly was behind the lane closings that created a four-day traffic jam on the new jersey town of fort lee last september. who was responsible and what if anything did governor chris christie know about before or after the fact? there's that and late word casting more doubt on governor christie's claim that he and a key figure in the scandal, david wildstein were not very good friend. a former port authority employee with extensive knowledge of the age ensy's hiring practices telling cnn...
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lee last september. who was responsible, and what, if anything, did governor chris christie know about before or after the fact? there's that and late word casting more doubt on governor christie's claim that he and david wildstein were not very good friends. a former port authority employee with extensive knowledge of the agency's hiring practices telling cnn's chris fradz and steve casten bowne that agency officials were told in 2010 to find a place for wildstein because "he was a good friend of the governor." with more on the subpoenas, we're joined by dana bash. 20 new subpoenas. we're just finding out who's receiving them. what do we know? >> we knew the first subpoenas would go to the key players in the scandal and that's what happened. cnn confirmed that bridget anne kelly is on the subpoena list as well as bill baroni, who was christie's man at the port authority until he resigned last month because of this, and kevin o'dowd, another christie confidante who, ironically, he had tapped to be the at
lee last september. who was responsible, and what, if anything, did governor chris christie know about before or after the fact? there's that and late word casting more doubt on governor christie's claim that he and david wildstein were not very good friends. a former port authority employee with extensive knowledge of the agency's hiring practices telling cnn's chris fradz and steve casten bowne that agency officials were told in 2010 to find a place for wildstein because "he was a good...